We are a family in England and have a son who is allergic to peanuts, nuts, eggs, shellfish, sesame and other seeds. We are going on holiday in the summer in Calgary, mara lake and Vancouver. Can anyone recommend food manufacturers, and good resturants?

Louise, Welcome to the forum, and it's nice to hear you'll be visiting Canada. Our 5 year old son has VERY similar allergies to your son (you can see the list in my signature at the bottom), so I can give you a list of safe list of foods we use. We live near Toronto, so I'm not sure if all foods will be available on the West coast, but I think they might be. We don't eat at restaurants, so I can't help you there. Will you have cooking facilities while you are visiting? If so, we've found we can safely buy fresh foods like milk, cheese, yogurt, fresh meats, fruit (with the exception of pineapple (our son is allergic to pineapple)) and vegetables (with the exception of peas (to which he is also allergic)).

Cactus Club is a chain of restaurants - I don't know if there are any in Calgary, but there are in Vancouver (Broadway and Granville and maybe others, not sure - I live in Victoria) They are extremely sensitive to allergic individuals - it is our usual family dinner out destination.

_________________Mum of 19 year old daughter - asthma and life threatening allergies to nuts, peanuts and seafood

Julie and Louise - just noticed Julie that you recommended Chapman's ice cream. Want to point out that not all Chapman's is "safe" - you have to look for the ice cream that is actually labelled "peanut and nut free" - kind of frightened me when I first saw the non-safe Chapman's, because my daughter buys the other kind all the time, and I didn't want her to make a mistake - I phoned her to let her know, and she was a bit surprised and glad I had noticed!

_________________Mum of 19 year old daughter - asthma and life threatening allergies to nuts, peanuts and seafood

When we were in Vancouver 3 years ago we have a very good experience with Milestone's restaurant. We went there for lunch and pretty much had figured the kids would only have a drink... but they managed to put together two safe meals for my kids - with the list of allergies they have below, plus wheat and barley for my youngest at that time. I was very impressed.

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